Skip to main content

'Don't discriminate against unvaccinated travellers', says WTTC

Operators
Gary Noakes
12 January 2021

Travellers who have not been vaccinated against Covid should not be discriminated against, the World Travel & Tourism Council has urged.

Manchester said volumes had risen slightly since the traffic light system review on 4 August but remain "significantly" below pre-pandemic levels

WTTC president and chief executive Gloria Guevara said only a minority of the world’s population were set to receive the vaccine and that others should not be disadvantaged.

“The common sense approach is to allow the free movement of people who can prove a negative test result, rather than reserve travelling or jobs for a small minority who have been vaccinated,” she said.

Guevara added it would take “a significant amount of time” to vaccinate the global population, especially in less advanced countries or those in different age groups. “Therefore we should not discriminate.”